Enjoy today because tomorrow is a mess

Staff reports

Published 6:52 am, Tuesday, February 26, 2013

There will be breaks of sun and seasonably mild temperatures today, but Wednesday's weather bears watching.

While a blizzard that is pounding the Midwest won't make it here, the storm's effects will be felt, WTNH meteorologist Steve McLaughlin said. There will be strong winds and pounding surf along the shore, where the storm will bring mostly rain. There is a possibility of between 3 to 6 inches of snow across the state's northeast hills, he said.

"This is a two-part storm and the cold-weather core, the blizzard, is on the other side from us,'' McLaughlin said. "We'll start out with a wintry mix but it should quickly turn to rain. There is a massive storm but that will head well north of us.

"Along I-95 it will be all rain and north of the (Merritt) parkway there will be some sleet and ice that will quickly be washed away,'' the WTNH forecaster said.

The precipitation will begin before 10 p.m. tonight, according to the Weather Underground web site. Temperatures will remain above freezing throughout the night, the web site predicts, though wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour and localized street flooding are possible.

Freezing rain will be falling in Danbury at 7 a.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service reports, with temperatures hovering at the freezing mark. But conditions will steadily improve throughout the day and high temperatures will reach into the mid-40s, the NWS predicts.

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